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This template displays the message above and adds the article to Category:Current events. The template is automatically removed by Yapperbot once an article has not been edited for five hours.
It may be used in tandem with {{Current event editnotice}} where applicable.
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{{current||current election}}
The template takes two positional (unnamed) and three named parameters; all are optional:
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– use month name and year, e.g., |date=September 2024
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|date=September 2024
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TemplateData for Current
Use this template to indicate that an article documents a current event, that information may change rapidly as the event progresses and that initial news reports may be unreliable.
Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
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Month and year | date | The month and year that the template was placed (in full). "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}" inserts the current month and year automatically.
| Line | suggested |
Type of event | 2 | Text to replace "current event" in the template
| String | suggested |
Affected area | 1 | Text to replace the word "article", usually "section"
| String | optional |